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4 days ago · Federal Compassionate Release Clearinghouse. FAMM, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and other advocates are currently recruiting attorneys to work on compassionate release motions for vulnerable incarcerated individuals.
1 day ago · Outside advocates like us at FAMM (formerly Families Against Mandatory Minimums) have limited access to people in federal custody and to information that we can use for compassionate release ...
4 days ago · HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro has thrown the weight of the governor’s office behind an incarcerated man’s petition for medical release from Pennsylvania state prison, likely the first time a...
2 days ago · The government first launched the measure in October 2023, initially allowing prisoners to be released 18 days early. Anyone convicted of a sexual, terrorist or serious violent offence is excluded.
3 days ago · WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan bill, meant to “strengthen Federal prison oversight,” passed the U.S. House last week, awaits Senate approval and if signed into law would “ establish new, independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP),” according to U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA).
5 days ago · Homicide rates are tumbling from pandemic highs in most cities, funding for law enforcement is rising, and tensions between the police and communities of color, while still significant, are no longer at a boiling point.
4 days ago · Helping others reach freedom. NACDL and FAMM, backed by the NFCJ, have launched the State Clemency Project and are deploying core staff and infrastructure to support clemency initiatives focusing on state inmates.
